The broader focus of the projectis to look at mechanisms whereby the sustainability of Australian cotton can be determined and promoted through the textile supply chain. This specific research was undertaken to develop a robust methodology to determine the carbon footprint levels of Australian cotton in accordance with international requirements.

The project consisted of three tasks:

a) The selection of a range of internationally accepted calculators suitable to cotton

by The collection of representative cotton farm data in Australia to populate the calculators with

c) A comparative analysis of the results and a recommended methodology for future assessments for the textile supply chain

Funding was therefore requested to visit some suitable farms and industry experts to collect the data.